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BALAYAGE: What Is It REALLY? How Do You Charge Differently?
THE GREAT BALAYAGE DEBATEThere is so much confusion about balayage in both the professional and consumer worlds. Is it a technique or a result? Can it replace foils? Should you charge differently for this service? Is it formulated and does it ...
THE SESSIONS: Virgin To Blonde Balayage Ombre
Karina Godinez (@_hairbykarinag_) has a BEAUTIFUL Instagram page filled with lovely transformations. There were so many choices, we were torn on which to feature! This one is particularly wonderful because to the multiple stages. Here Godinez ...
FORMULA: Creating The Perfect Blonde
Rosvelt Ranses (@rosvelt) of La Bella Salon, Miami, Florida, has a beautiful Instagram page filled with amazing transformations and inspirational finishes, particularly in the blonde family. MODERN has featured him before, but the great ...
Magenta To Pearly Pink Sombre
Carla Nightingale (@_hairbycarla_) of Vancouver is a former educator for Schwarzkopf Professional who now works as a private stylist, "but am surrounded by a great team of ladies and we are always trying to inspire and work off of one ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Perfect Brown Dimensional Sombre
Roz Corpuz, an artist at Umbrella Salon, San Jose, California has been creating pretty hair for years and was recognized on a larger scale when she won Wella Trend Vision for North America in 2013 and again when she assisted salon owner Kien ...
A Beautiful Blonde To A WOW Blonde
Marissa Pence shares how she used the "Platinum Card" on the receptionist at the salon. "Since she is at the front of the salon and works directly with all of our wonderful guests, I wanted to make sure her hair is taken care of ...
Believe It: THE UPDATE
Many salon pros did not believe this transformation when we first posted it in December. Many refused to believe it was the same person. Even when the client herself jumped in to comment and show pictures, you STILL didn't buy it. Everything ...
So Black It's Blue
Francine Estrada (@francine_scissorhands) has known she wanted to "do hair" since she was in 3rd grade. "Haircolor is my passion," she says. Based in El Paso, Texas, Estrada is a former color educator for Affinage Salon ...
Radiant Gray Coverage Using Goldwell's Elumenated Naturals
Covering gray while offering a fashion shade can be a challenge—but the new Goldwell Elumenated Naturals collection allows for this multi-tonal dimensional red with twists of warm and cool reflections. Oftentimes, covering gray while ...
From Box To Silver..The PRO Touch
Dylan Thomas (@xodylanthomas) of Sola Salon Studios, Las Vegas, Nevada, needed to tap into his artistic background (he paints on canvases) to help this client out of her box color situation. "Jessi had previous box color red over her hair ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going For (And GETTING) A Vibrant Blonde
Tarah Smeal (@tarahdoeshair), a stylist at Bow + Arrow Salon, Roseville, California, had a challenge . "My client came to me asking to become a blonde," says Smeal, "but more specifically a creamy vibrant blonde. With ...
6 Wella Pastel Color Pop Models
The Nereides collection by UK hair artist Angelo Vallillo, named the Eastern Hairdresser of the Year at the 2014 British Hairdressing Awards, puts precision haircutting as the central focus, complemented by Wella pastel tones and accent ...
Seamless Color Melting
According to colorists at diPietro Todd Salon, based in California’s Bay Area, seamless variation is what 2015 is all about. “With seamless color, we are mirroring the natural fluid beauty that exists in nature keeping color bright, ...
It’s All About The Percentage
It’s funny how percentages affect our lives. You can be president of our country with less than 50% off the votes, casinos make millions off just small percentages, and so do Visa and Master Card, and when you play the percentages long ...
How to Refresh a Fading Ombre
PRAVANA Guest Stylist Lara C Kay created this burgundy ombre in the PRAVANA studio of Innovation using the Pure Light Power Lightener, ChromaSilk and NEVO Color Enhancer Treatments. The treatments can be used to create new looks, or refresh an ...
Chameleon Color: Fashion Colors Fade to Natural Color Melt for Two Looks in One
Keeping fashion colors vibrant is an ongoing battle – but what if instead of fighting it, we embraced the fade?Alix Maya Clymer (@thereal_omgiloveyourhair), an artist at Shear Image Salon, Woodbridge, VA, caught our eye with two haircolor ...
TRANSFORMATION: Deep Rose Gold Rapunzel
Alyssa Wiener (@lysseon) of Stylin', Norwalk, Conn, caught us off guard with this transformation. "It really was an intense corrective because her hair was so many different levels of damage with bands of all colors," says Wiener. ...